Later reprinted as Barren Glory in Future Sight, one of the few Un-Cards so reprinted...
Alpha-Black
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Capable of Instant Win combo with Oblivion Ring and Apocalypse. It is possible to get the instant win on turn 4. Don't believe me? I'll explain. 1) Play Forest, cast Llanowar Elves. 2) Play Plains, use both lands and Llanowar Elves to cast Nantuko Elder. 3) Play a second Plains, tap everything to cast The Cheese Stands Alone. 4) Play Mountain. Tap Forest, Plains, and Elves to cast Oblivion Ring targeting The Cheese. Tap Mountain and Elder to cast Seething Song. Use Song mana to cast Apocalypse. You win.
theonlymoocow
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
rare symbol messed up looks like common oh noes
KrosanGardener
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Alpha-Black: there are so many easier ways to use this card.
Cheesewiz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Um easier win combo Jokulhups gets rid of everything but enchantments
Snaxme
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
...why hasn't anyone noticed the flavor text? I mean, come, on!
ArtBell
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Ramp your mana. Cast The Cheese. Cast Kaervek's Spite before it resolves.
@Alpha-Black: A great combo, besides for the fact that it requires 11 cards over the course of 4 turns...probs a much easier way...of course, you could instead give all creatures all creature types (forget the card that does that) so everything becomes a myr and a sliver, then use 2 Galvanizers and Palladium to make infinite mana/untap, then use Screaching Sliver to mill your opponent to death...one of the only milling combos out there other than Painter's Servant/Grindstone, and milling them to death is so much better than death by damage
VarteDod
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm putting a copy of this in my Barren Glory deck. Just for the lulz.
C5r1a5z0y
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Strictly better than Barren Glory because it's a state-based trigger instead of an upkeep step trigger.
Okay, scrubs, here's how to win with The Cheese Stands Alone.
Get it out, along with Time Machine, Liquimetal Coating, and March of the Machines. Your Time Machine is now a creature. Use Liquimetal Coating on The Cheese Stands Alone so it becomes an artifact creature. Now use Cytoshape or Mirrorweave to turn it into a copy of Time Machine. Cast Accursed Centaur, and then exile it with The Cheese Stands Alone's Time Machine ability.
Next game, mulligan to 0 cards. At the start of the first turn, Accursed Centaur and The Cheese Stands Alone come into play. The centaur sacrifices itself, and you win instantly.
Winning the game where you set up the combo is an exercise for the reader.
j_mindfingerpainter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ divine_exodus: Nope, 'cause then the cheese would be visiting the meat.
SnackyNorph
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Convoluted win-con of the week! I don't play Magic in Happy Fairy Dreamland, so this is going to be an "if your battlefield has this" post rather than a "you shoot magic pixie dust out of your nose and draw everything you ever need" post. Step 1) Leyline of Anticipation on the battlefield. Step 2) Somehow have the mana for both Worldfire and The Cheese Stands Alone. Step 3) Simple matter of playing The Cheese Stands Alone, then flashing Worldfire on the stack. Step 3b) Worldfire resolves, utterly destroying the field and card advantage and all of those fun shenanigans. Then, good ol' The Cheese Stands Alone resolves, enters the battlefield, and immediately wins you the game.
TyomDrettar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm so going to make a modern deck around this guy... WHAT? He's not legal, well I don't give. DOES THE CHEESE LOOK LIKE HE GIVES!
CogMonocle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
karn liberated. exile this and an instant/sorcery/aura from your hand, or permanent that can be sacced. mulligan to 0.
Comments (35)
Cast The Cheese.
Cast Kaervek's Spite before it resolves.
OH SHI-
No, wait...
You're welcome. :)
Get it out, along with Time Machine, Liquimetal Coating, and March of the Machines. Your Time Machine is now a creature. Use Liquimetal Coating on The Cheese Stands Alone so it becomes an artifact creature. Now use Cytoshape or Mirrorweave to turn it into a copy of Time Machine. Cast Accursed Centaur, and then exile it with The Cheese Stands Alone's Time Machine ability.
Next game, mulligan to 0 cards. At the start of the first turn, Accursed Centaur and The Cheese Stands Alone come into play. The centaur sacrifices itself, and you win instantly.
Winning the game where you set up the combo is an exercise for the reader.
Step 1) Leyline of Anticipation on the battlefield.
Step 2) Somehow have the mana for both Worldfire and The Cheese Stands Alone.
Step 3) Simple matter of playing The Cheese Stands Alone, then flashing Worldfire on the stack.
Step 3b) Worldfire resolves, utterly destroying the field and card advantage and all of those fun shenanigans. Then, good ol' The Cheese Stands Alone resolves, enters the battlefield, and immediately wins you the game.
I didn't think of that
Thnx 4 the tip